Diaspora chair calls for Jamaican-Americans to learn Alexander Bedward’s legacy
October 18, 2026
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A leading figure in the Jamaican Diaspora says Americans of Jamaican heritage should be taught about people who made a lasting impact on the country’s development, such as Alexander Bedward.
Honorary chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Southern Region, Dr Allan Cunningham, recently made his acting debut as Pastor Dawson in Bedward The Musical, which played at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center in South Florida.
He told the Observer Online that many Jamaicans overseas know little about the self-styled preacher who famously said he would fly in a flaming chariot on Christmas Eve, 1920.
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